1964 NCAA University Division baseball season

1964 NCAA University Division baseball season
1964 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions	Minnesota (3rd title)
Runners-up	Missouri (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Dick Siebert (3rd title)
MOP	Joe Ferris (Maine)
Seasons
	← 1963 1965 →

The 1964 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1964. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1964 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the eighteenth time in 1964, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Minnesota claimed the championship.^[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1964 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA tournament. 8 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.^[1]^[2]

Conference	Regular season winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	North Carolina
Big Eight Conference	Missouri
Big Ten Conference	Minnesota
CIBA	Southern California
EIBL	Harvard
Mid-American Conference	Kent State/Ohio
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon
Southeastern Conference	Ole Miss
Southern Conference	West Virginia
Southwest Conference	Texas A&M

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1964 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
North Division
No. 9 Oregon ‍†‍‍^y	11	–	5	–	0	.688	31	–	11	–	0	.738
No. 21 Washington State ‍‍‍	10	–	6	–	0	.625	31	–	9	–	0	.775
No. 22 Oregon State ‍‍‍	8	–	8	–	0	.500	25	–	11	–	0	.694
Washington ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0	.375	12	–	14	–	0	.462
Idaho ‍‍‍	5	–	11	–	0	.313	0	–	0	–	0	–
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
No. 4 USC ‍†‍‍^y	17	–	3	–	0	.850	34	–	11	–	0	.756
No. 10 Santa Clara ‍‍‍	16	–	4	–	0	.800	28	–	8	–	0	.778
No. 19 UCLA ‍‍‍	13	–	7	–	0	.650	35	–	16	–	2	.679
UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍	5	–	15	–	0	.250	12	–	26	–	0	.316
California ‍‍‍	5	–	15	–	0	.250	25	–	17	–	0	.595
Stanford ‍‍‍	4	–	16	–	0	.200	20	–	24	–	0	.455

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1964^[3] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1964 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 1 Minnesota ‍†‍‍^y	11	–	3	–	0	.786	31	–	12	–	0	.721
Michigan ‍‍‍	10	–	4	–	0	.714	19	–	16	–	0	.543
Ohio State ‍‍‍	10	–	5	–	0	.667	21	–	10	–	0	.677
No. 25 Michigan State ‍‍‍	8	–	7	–	0	.533	22	–	12	–	0	.647
Purdue ‍‍‍	8	–	7	–	0	.533	15	–	10	–	0	.600
Wisconsin ‍‍‍	8	–	7	–	0	.533	14	–	14	–	0	.500
Indiana ‍‍‍	7	–	8	–	0	.467	23	–	12	–	0	.657
Iowa ‍‍‍	7	–	8	–	0	.467	13	–	16	–	1	.450
Northwestern ‍‍‍	4	–	11	–	0	.267	9	–	17	–	0	.346
Illinois ‍‍‍	1	–	14	–	0	.067	9	–	22	–	0	.290

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1964^[4]^[5] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1964 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern Division
No. 13 Auburn ^x‍‍‍	12	–	3	.800	20	–	5	.800
Florida ‍‍‍^y	13	–	5	.722	23	–	11	.676
Kentucky ‍‍‍	10	–	5	.667	16	–	7	.696
Tennessee ‍‍‍	8	–	9	.471	17	–	14	.548
Georgia ‍‍‍	5	–	9	.357	9	–	11	.450
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	4	–	12	.250	7	–	14	.333
Georgia Tech ‍‍‍	3	–	10	.231	7	–	15	.318
Western Division
No. 7 Ole Miss ^x‍‍‡‍^y	11	–	1	.917	19	–	5	.792
Mississippi State ‍‍‍	7	–	7	.500	17	–	12	.586
Alabama ‍‍‍	6	–	8	.429	10	–	10	.500
LSU ‍‍‍	5	–	7	.417	11	–	11	.500
Tulane ‍‍‍	4	–	10	.286	12	–	13	.480

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1964^[6] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1964 Southwest Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 8 Texas A&M ‍†‍‍^y	12	–	3	–	1	.781	19	–	8	–	1	.696
No. 26 Baylor ‍‍‍	10	–	5	–	0	.667	18	–	7	–	0	.720
No. 12 Texas ‍‍‍	10	–	5	–	1	.656	16	–	7	–	1	.688
TCU ‍‍‍	5	–	8	–	0	.385	11	–	12	–	0	.478
SMU ‍‍‍	3	–	10	–	0	.231	6	–	14	–	0	.300
Rice ‍‍‍	3	–	12	–	0	.200	5	–	18	–	0	.217

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1964^[7] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1964 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern
Utah ‍‍‍	6	–	4	.600	14	–	16	.467
Wyoming ‍‍‍	5	–	5	.500	16	–	16	.500
BYU ‍‍‍	4	–	6	.400	18	–	24	.429
Southern
No. 5 Arizona State ‍†‍‍^y	11	–	1	.917	44	–	7	.863
No. 20 Arizona ‍‍‍	7	–	5	.583	31	–	13	.705
New Mexico ‍‍‍	0	–	12	.000	8	–	29	.216

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1964^[8] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1964 season marked the eighteenth NCAA baseball tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Minnesota claiming their third championship with a 5–1 win over Missouri in the final.^[1]


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final		Semifinals		Preliminary final		Final



Maine	5

Seton Hall	1
		Maine	0

		Minnesota	12
Minnesota	7

Texas A&M	3
				Minnesota	6

				Southern California	5
Southern California	3
						Minnesota	1
Ole Miss	2
		Southern California	3			Missouri	4

		Missouri	2
Missouri	7

Arizona State	0									Missouri	1

								Missouri	2	Minnesota	5

		Lower round 1		Lower round 2				Maine	1



				Missouri	3

		Seton Hall	14	Seton Hall	1
						Maine	2
		Texas A&M	5
						Southern California	1
				Maine	4

		Arizona State	5	Arizona State	2

		Ole Miss	0

Award winners

All-America team

References

^ ^a ^b ^c W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1964". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1964". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1964". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1964". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1964". boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 5, 2021.

[CWS-1] W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved May 5, 2014.

[NCAA-2] "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved May 5, 2014.

[3] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1964". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 3, 2014.

[record-4] 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved May 5, 2014.

[5] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1964". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 5, 2014.

[6] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1964". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 25, 2014.

[7] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1964". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 22, 2020.

[8] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1964". boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 5, 2021.

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1964 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions	Minnesota (3rd title)
Runners-up	Missouri (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Dick Siebert (3rd title)
MOP	Joe Ferris (Maine)
Seasons
← 1963 1965 →